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The US Marine Corps received its first CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopter today from Sikorsky. The helo will be assigned to MCAS New River in NC for test and development. USMC expected to buy about 200.

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Great communality with civilian platform. So far less than half a dozen of them have been ordered on the market. Surely this is the brightest demonstration of what economy of scale means at Airbus (something that they bragged about on this program). And what about this below:

The air force is also investigating the potential integration of a pilot-controlled 7.62mm gun, to be used for the interception of light aircraft. However, if this cannot be achieved, it will continue to deploy with a sniper on board.